The Ottoman Turks have greatly influenced European, and thus also Croatian, history of the Late Medieval and Early Modern time. The author describes the position taken towards Ottoman invasions and rule in history textbooks and recent outlines of Croatian history. Bo...
Going all the way back to the Middle Ages, much of the Balkans were controlled by the Ottoman Turks. Just as fledgling states in the Balkans emerged,... Learn more about this topic: The Ottoman Empire: Changes, Politics & Developments ...
Who were the Ottoman Turks? Who was the powerful sultan in the Ottoman Empire? What were the dates of the Ottoman Empire? What did the Russian Empire and the British Empire trade? What was the importance of Constantinople for the Ottoman Empire? Where did the Ottoman Empire begin? What made...
The Ottoman Turks began raiding Cyprus almost immediately after Venice took control. Their first few large-scale attacks were unsuccessful, and the Venetians increased the fortifications immensely, but by the end of the 16th century the Ottomans had seized control of Cyprus completely. The Ottomans ...
Turkey is renowned as a destination where “East meets West,” due to its unique position between Europe and Asia. Home to the legendary city of Troy, Turkey has historic cultural ties to the ancient Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman empires. ...
The dispute over Kosovo is centuries-old. Serbs cherish the area as central both to their religion and statehood. Numerous medieval Serb Orthodox Christian monasteries are in Kosovo, and Serb nationalists view a 1389 battle against Ottoman Turks there as a symbol of their national struggle ...
warehouse. That is until 2007, when its historical value was revealed and opened to the public. One unique aspect is that each section mirrors the others because they were constructed on the same axis. This structure differs from other Ottoman baths because of the 75-metre length bath shapes....
In October 1912 the Balkan League (12) war (13) the Ottoman Turks. The Balkan (14) were quickly victorious. They won battles (15) Skopje, Monastir and other cities. The war ended in December. In May 1913 a treaty signed in London formally (16) the conflict. The Turks lost most of ...
the patronage of its dominant family, the Medici;and the migration of Greek scholars and texts to Italy following the Fall of Constantinople at the hands of the Ottoman Turks The Renaissance has a long and complex historiography, and there has been much debate among historians as to...
A note on the back of the photograph reads, ‘Revolvers etc taken from Turks.’ These words made me uneasy In 1517, the Ottomans defeated the Mamluks, I learnt, as I leafed through academic papers and histories of the Ottoman Empire at the Brooklyn Library in New York. They cleared out...